Lis - yaaaaay for being in your new home. I don't envy you the unpacking though. God I hate moving. I hope it goes quickly and easily for you. I'll bet that you buy even more for Ellie than I've done for my girls - nothing like last minute, under pressure shopping when you just start throwing things into the trolley without really paying attention!!

Tan - I don't think its unusual for some kids to be sick a lot. I think at this age you're either really lucky and have a child that doesn't get sick at all, or you have the one that seems to get everything there is going. A GF of mine's little girl has gastro so often and if there's the slightest thing going around she gets it. I hope Izzy's cold passes quickly - a girl can't be not feeling her best for Santa!!

Ash - great to hear that your life is going so well. I'm jealous of poos in the toilet too. Izzy knows what is going on, comes to tell me before and after, but she just won't do anything in the toilet yet. Like Tan, I'm waiting for Christmas when DH is around so we can put in a really serious effort. I'm also going to use the break to try to get Ellie going to bed while she's still awake. And I'm going to wash all the windows. And mulch the garden. And catch up with some friends. Hmmm. All in 4 days!! I'm very jealous of Blake and Ellie's weight too - I would kill to have an extra kg or two on Izzy so that clothes fit her! She is still in 0s for a lot of bottoms and anything that's a 1 has to have an adjustable waist so it doesn't slide down over her non-existent bottom. God help me when she's in knickers not nappies - there'll really be nothing left to hold her clothes on.

Shell - you have a dam don't you? That must be really worrying with the kids. I hope you get Angus a place at daycare. I have a day off today (DH is looking after the kids so I can finish off Christmas shopping). I can't wait. Angus looks so grown up in your signature photo - where did our babies go? I love those trolley seats. Izzy would much rather sit in a trolley than in a pram. I want to get a double umbrella stroller - light weight, easy to use and hopefully they'll both stay in happy for long enough for me to get some things done!

Kass - you just have to hope you have a boy next time so that you can get different presents, although at this age they're all pretty unisex I guess. Annabelle's cubby house sounds fantastic.

Well, Iz & El might not be getting a cubby from gran and grandad after all. My folks got it in Target's July toy sale. They were supposed to start paying for it in September and then pick it up any time before Christmas Eve. Well, its all paid off and they went to arrange pick up only to be told that they're not even in yet, Target has no idea when they will be in and no, they won't call them when they do come in because they're "too busy". No grovelling apology. No real idea of when they can expect it. Now, like I said, my folks have bought heaps of stuff for the girls, but if this was a gift for kids from a family where finances were really tight and it was ALL the kids were getting, that's pretty unacceptable. My step-dad is going to start yelling come Monday if he doesn't get a more acceptable response from them. Very bad customer service.

Anyway, like I said I'm shopping today. I can't wait. Shhhhh, but I'm going to take my book with me and if I get done shopping I'm going to sit down in a cafe somewhere, drink a cappuccino without having to fight two sets of hands away from it, eat a piece of cake without having to stop one girl grabbing the fork and trying to stab her sister with it, and just generally enjoy the peace and quiet. I really hope I finish shopping early! Have a great day ladies.